AM I FIT FOR THE KINGDOM?

 “No one, who puts his hand to the plow and looks back,

Is fit for the Kingdom of God.”

What did Jesus Christ

Want to convey by these words?

Where is this ‘Kingdom of God’?

Here on earth… or, hereafter?

 

Every morning, when I rise,

And every night when I retire,

I, often, think on these words of Jesus.

A hundred regrets, a hundred complaints,

A hundred fears and a hundred denials…

Yes, every day,

I have this challenge from Jesus Christ:

“My son, you have a choice,”

I hear Him telling me:

“To look back with regret, blame and anger…

Or, to step out with your ‘plow’ into the new Sun

With trust, gratitude and hope.”

I hear Him saying:

“Yes my son, you can live in

Self-defeating denials

Or, soar in uplifting acceptance;

You can look back

And be consumed by the ‘Pillar of Fire’…

Or, you can look forward

To the glory of God’s Kingdom.”

I have picked the ‘Plow’

And left for the fields, this morning…

“My Master, am I fit for the Kingdom?”

I ask in all earnestness,

“Am I?”

GERALD D’CUNHA

Pic.: Vivek D’Cunha